Where does “ไก่” come from?

ไก่ (Thai) comes from Proto-Tai kajᴮ, from Middle Chinese 雞.

ไก่ (Thai): fowl; domesticated fowl, as chicken, turkey, etc;...

Definitions

  1. fowl; domesticated fowl, as chicken, turkey, etc;...

Ancestry of “ไก่”, step by step

ไก่ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Tai kajᴮ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Taikajᴮchicken
2Middle Chinese雞—

via Thai ได้

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiได้to get; to obtain; to receive; used before a verb...
2Thaiพลอยgem; precious stone

Words derived from “ไก่”

Every word from Middle Chinese 雞 →Every word from Proto-Tai kajᴮ →